Author: Max Hess

AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst Maximilian Hess has published a new piece with Foreign Policy, examining the collapse of CEFC China Energy’s planned investment into Russian state oil giant Rosneft. The piece looks at what insights can be drawn from the deal’s collapse and highlights the risks associated with Rosneft’s assertive foreign policy agenda....

AKE’s Senior Political Risk Analyst for Europe and Eurasia, Maximilian Hess, spoke this morning with CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche regarding the risks associated with Russia’s latest Eurobond issuance, both regarding potential Western sanctions and the bond’s own terms. A clip of the discussion is available here. ...

Date first published: 18/07/2017 Key sectors: oil and gas Key risks: revenue loses; diminished investor confidence; damage to infrastructure Fuel theft is becoming a booming and increasingly violent industry in Mexico. No longer an activity carried out by group of local thieves who then supply those selling gas in highways or rural areas, it has become an increasingly...

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